Head for barrels and the like.



A. 1. HonGE'a H. RuGGLEs.

HEAD FOR BARRELS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1.4' ISIS.

1,276,362. Patented'Aug.20,1918.

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A. 1. HODGEL H. amussus.- HEAD FOR BARRELS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED 'APR.14. I9|5 1,276,362. L Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

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ARTHUR J'. HODGE AND HENRY B. RUGGLES, 0F PASADENA, CALIFORNIA,ASSIGNORS TO'THE .AMERICAN PRODUCTS'COMPANY, GF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HEAD FOR BABRELS TvI-IE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

Application filed April 14, 1915. Serial No. 21,432.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that we, ARTHUR J. HODGE and HENRY B. RUGGLES, citizens ofthe United States of America, residing at Pasa'- dena, in the county ofLos Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements vin Heads for Barrels and the like, of which thefollowing is a specication.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements inheads for barrels and the like and has for its primary object, theprovision of a form of removable head which mayy be readily placed inposition and secured against movement and sealed to prevent unauthorizedparties from gaining access to the contents of the barrel.

The invention has for another object, the provisionfof a head of thischaracter including a pair of radiallysplit disks of concavoconvex formand means for retaining the same in a flattened position with theircircular edges engaged `in the croze of the barrel to prevent movementor withdrawal of the head.

The invention has for a further object to provide novel supporting andsecuring means for the disks comprising the head and a simple andimproved form of seal which not only serves to prevent withdrawal of thehead without destruction of the seal but which also serves to retain thedisks in flattened position with their circular edges pressing againstthe vertical wall of the croze. l

The invention has for a still further object, the provision of a novelform of staple car ried by a transverse supporting barfor the head andprojecting through the central reinforced openings of the disks of saidhead to receive the seal after the central portions of said disks havebeen pressed downwardly to 'flatten out said disks with the lower diskpressing the upper face of the transverse supporting bar. v f

Vith these and otherobjects in view, the

invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts aswill be more in clearly and fully illustrate the invention Figure l is atop plan view of the upper portion of a barrel or keg with our improvedform of head secured therein and sealed in position; l i

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section, substantially onV the plane ofline 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. yl, showing the position of the disksof the head after removal -of the seal or before the seal has beenapplied; .l l Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section on the plane ofline 4-4 of Fig. 3; and

' Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the staple, removed.

Referring more particularly 'to the draws ings in which similarreference characters designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, l designates the upper portion of a barrel or thelike'provided with an ordinary form of croze 2, thereby form-V ing thelower shoulder 3 and the upper shoulder 4 for the lower and upper horizontal walls of the croze 2. Within'the barrel l is positioned atransverse horizontal supporting bar 5, which has its opposite endsresting in suitable recesses 6 located at diametrically opposite pointsof the barrel so that when the bar 5 is in position, the upper-face ofthe same is substantially flush with the face of the shoulder 3, thepurpose of which will presentlyappear.

The horizontal ork transverse supporting bar 5`has a central opening 6through which projectsv upwardly the body of the staple 7.

Beneath the horizontaltransverse support-VV ing bar 5, the opposite legsof the staple 7 are extended outwardly in a horizontal direction andlongitudinally of the bar' 5, as shown at 8, then bent back uponthemselves as lshown at 9. Each leg, after being bent back is extendedand wrapped around the portion Vof the staple from whichthe opposite legis first extended, as shown at 10 and bent at about a right angle toform an arm 11 extended transversely of the bar 5 and terminating in anupwardly directed prong 12 to be forced into the bar 5 to secure thestaple 7 in position. 1t will be evident that by bending the legs of thestaple 7 in thisr manner and wrapping them around the main portion orbody of said staple 7, the same will be strengthened and prevented fromspreading or turning after the prongs have been forced into the bar 5. i

The head comprises a pair of disks numbered 13 and 17 and formedpreferably'oit compressed pulp lor liber, but it will be understood thatthese disks may be formed of any suitable material. The disk 13 is ofconcavo-convex form and has a radially extending slit therein, which isnumbered 14 and is extended `inwardly from its outer or Circular edge tothe central opening 15 ofY said disk 13, within which central opening`15 is secured the reinforcing eyelet 1G. The eyelet 16 also serves toreceive the staple 7 when'the disk 13 is placed in position in thereceptacle, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of thedrawings.

The disk 13 is shown as serving' as the inner disk or first disk andafter the same has been placed in position, the second disk or outerdisk 17 is placed upon the same, as shown in Fig.` f1. The second diskor outer disk 17 is also of concave-convex form and has a radiallyextending slit 18, which eX- tends from the outer or circular edgethere-4 of inwardly to the central opening 19 ofsaid disk 17, withinwhich is secured the reinforcingand staple receiving eyelet 20 similarto the eyelet 16 and directly above the same when yboth of the disks 13and 17 are in position as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

The disks 13 and 17 are placed in position so that the slit la of thedisk 13 extends longitudinally above the bar 5 and toward one endthereof while the slit 18 of the disk 17 extends in the oppositedirection and is therefore directly above a'solid portion of the disky13 over the opposite end of the'bar 5. 1t `will be noted, by referringto Fig. l of the drawings, that the disks 13 and 17 are ofabout the samediameter and yequally spaced from the lvertical wall of the croze 2.

To secure the inner disk 13 and the outer disk 17 in position and sealthe head or cover, the central portions of the disks 13 and 17 arepressed downwardly by applying the proper pressure to the outer face ofthe outer disk 17 until the disks 13 and 17 are flattened outY sucientlyto press the outer or circular edges of said disks 13 and 17 tightlyagainst the vertical wall of the croze 2,.as clearly shown in Fig. 2 ofthe draw-` ings. The protecting washer Y21 of metal or other Vsuitablematerial .is then placed over the projecting outer end of the staple 7and the straight leg 22 of the substantially elliptical wire seal isthreaded through the end of the staple 7. The leg 22 is moved throughthe staple 7 until the latter passes beneath the inwardly oliset stopportion 23 of the opposite or irregular leg and said staple reaches apoint opposite the outwardly oli'set `portion 2i of the last mentionedleg Vof said seal. The seal proper 26 is formed Vend of the straight leg22 and closes the space between said free end and the bent back end 25of the `second mentioned leg. Vhen the sea-liproper 26 is in thisposition, it covers the teeth 27-cut in one face of the straight leg 22adjacent the free end thereof and in an opposite portion of the secondmentioned or irregular leg, and said seal proper 26 is ready tofbepressedtogether by engagement'of pliers or any other suitable tool withopposite sides of said seal proper 26, to clamp the latter in thisposition and cause the teeth 27 to bite into saidseal proper and therebyprevent unauthorized parties from removingthe head withoutlirstdestroying the seal `proper 26. lIt will be evident that when *the sealproper 26 is moved toposition to be clamped or squeezed upon the teeth27 and thereby seal the head or cover in position, the opposite legs ofthe wire seal are drawn toward one another and the inwardly ollset stopportion 23 of the irregular leg will prevent movement of the seal in onedirection rthrough the staple 7 The opposite end of the seal, owing tothe small space between the legs thereof, will prevent the seal frommoving in the opposite direction. 1t will therefore be impossible tomove the wire seal in either direction through `the staple `7 after theseal proper 26 has 'beencompressed The last mentioned end ofthe sealwhere the straight and irregular legs yconnect at their inner ends isbent at labout a rightaugle to form the hook 2S whichmay be employed forthe purpose of removing the disks 17 and 13 ot' the head afterdestruction ot the seal proper 26 and removal of the wire seal from thestaple 7. 1t will be readily understood that, as soon as the wire sealis removed Jfrom the staple 7, the disks 17 Aand 13 will spring to theirnormal or original'positions, as shown in Fig. l and it will simply benecessary to engage the hook V23 through the eyelets 20 andfl of thedisks 17 and v13 respectively I-to withdraw said disks from thereceptacle and it will be evident `that the use of the hook v28 will .bedesirable owing Ito the fliact that it vwill -be practically impossibleto engage a finger or a tool between the edges of the disks :17; and 13and the receptacleto remove said disks.

vlVhen. placing the head in position, the disks 13 and 17 .should beinserted one at a timeas it is necessary-to grasp the disk at oppositesides of the slit thereof and overlap the slit portions of the diskand'hold the same in this position untilthe-'disk is inserted, whenit--may be released-and allowed to spring to normal position, as clearlyshown in Fig. 3 with the edges-of the slit close together andpractically parallel.l Vhen the central portions ofthe disks 13 and 17are pressed downwardly and the disks thereby flattened out, however, theedges of the slits thereof will separate as clearly shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings,

thereby permitting the outer circular edges of said disks 13 and 17 tomove outwardly and press against the vertical wall of the croze 2.

It will be understood that while we have shown and described the use oftwo concavoconvex disks with the convex face of both positionedoutwardly, any suitable number of disks may be employed, as desired andit will further be understood that many changes in the form, proportionand minor details of the construction which fall within the scope of theappended claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spiritand scope of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages of thesame.

What is claimed is 1. A head composed of a pair of radially slit disks,the slit of one disk' being opposed to the solid part of the other forcompleting the closure, a supporting member for said disks, said disksbeing adapted to be flattened upon said supporting member, and means forretaining said disks in flattened position with their edges expanded.

2. A head comprising a pair of disks restingone upon the other andhaving oppositely extending radial slits whereby a complete closure maybe obtained, a transverse supporting member for said disks, the centralportions of said disks being spaced above said supporting membernormally, a staple member carried by said supporting member andprojecting through said disks, and means threaded through and lockedupon said staple member outwardly of said disks to retain the latter inflattened position upon said supporting member with their edgesexpanded.

3. A head comprising a pair of radially slit concavo-convex disks, theslit of each disk being extended in a direction opposite to the slit ofthe remaining disk, a supporting bar beneath said disks, said disksbeing positioned with their slit portions directly above said supportingbar, the center of said disks being normally spaced .from .and adaptedto `be pressed toward said supporting harto flatten out said disksand-force slit expanding disks,l sleeves at the center'of 'the disks,the central portions ,of said disks being raised and being' radapted toyield downwardly for expanding the edges of said l disks, and means forretaining said disks against movement Vandv sealing the head7 inexpanded position.

5. The combination with a receptacle; of a supporting bar within thesame, a radially slit expanded head above said supporting bar and inbinding engagement with the interior of said receptacle, and means rigidon said supporting b-ar and projecting through said head to preventmovement of said head.

6. The combination with a receptacle; of a head supporting barpositioned therein, a pair of radially split head forming disks restingupon one another and upon said supporting bar, strengthening rings atthe center of each disk, said disks having their central portionspressed toward said supporting barl and their circular edges in blndingengagement with the interior of said receptacle, and means for sealingsaid head in position and preventing movement of the same.

7. The combination with a receptacle having a croze formed therein; of astationary transverse supporting bar below said croze and having itsupper face flush with the lower shoulder of said eroze, a head composedof a pair of disks and resting upon the ends of said supporting bar, thecentersV of said disks being spaced a'bove said bar normally, said diskshaving registering central openings, a staple projecting through saidsupporting bar and into the central openings of sald disks, the lowerends of ysaid staple being bent around one another land forced into thelower face of said supporting bar to prevent spreading or movement ofsaid staple, said disks being adapted to be pressed downwardly andexpanded to force the `edges thereof into binding engagement with saidcroze, and means for engageouter edge of said head into `binding engagenment with thewall ofsaid Croze@ wvrersealv 'useal'jand .compressed toprevent Withlrawal foraremovablenengagementthroughfthejproo:':s`ali6{.Wirlfe"seal.k vjectedend idf said staple toretainsad head 11n testimony whereof-we afxfor vsignafinflattenedandfexpanded postomsad Wire "mires in :presence of twfoWitnesses.

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